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Author : Nathan Blechman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Philosophic Function of Value written by Nathan Blechman and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heather E. Douglas
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 082297357X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal written by Heather E. Douglas and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of science in policymaking has gained unprecedented stature in the United States, raising questions about the place of science and scientific expertise in the democratic process. Some scientists have been given considerable epistemic authority in shaping policy on issues of great moral and cultural significance, and the politicizing of these issues has become highly contentious. Since World War II, most philosophers of science have purported the concept that science should be "value-free." In Science, Policy and the Value-Free Ideal, Heather E. Douglas argues that such an ideal is neither adequate nor desirable for science. She contends that the moral responsibilities of scientists require the consideration of values even at the heart of science. She lobbies for a new ideal in which values serve an essential function throughout scientific inquiry, but where the role values play is constrained at key points, thus protecting the integrity and objectivity of science. In this vein, Douglas outlines a system for the application of values to guide scientists through points of uncertainty fraught with moral valence.Following a philosophical analysis of the historical background of science advising and the value-free ideal, Douglas defines how values should-and should not-function in science. She discusses the distinctive direct and indirect roles for values in reasoning, and outlines seven senses of objectivity, showing how each can be employed to determine the reliability of scientific claims. Douglas then uses these philosophical insights to clarify the distinction between junk science and sound science to be used in policymaking. In conclusion, she calls for greater openness on the values utilized in policymaking, and more public participation in the policymaking process, by suggesting various models for effective use of both the public and experts in key risk assessments.
Author : Bertrand Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549905544
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)
Download or read book The Value of Philosophy written by Bertrand Russell and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Value of Philosophy" is one of the most important chapters of Bertrand's Russell's magnum Opus, The Problems of Philosophy. As a whole, Russell focuses on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability. There is no reason to doubt the existence of external objects simply because of sense data.
Author : R. Jay Wallace
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0199261881
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Reason and Value written by R. Jay Wallace and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reason and Value collects fifteen brand-new papers by leading contemporary philosophers on themes from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz. The subtlety and power of Raz's reflections on ethical topics - including especially his explorations of the connections between practical reason and the theory of value - make his writings a fertile source for anyone working in this area. The volume honours Raz's accomplishments in the area of ethical theorizing, and will contribute to an enhanced appreciation of the significance of his work for the subject.
Author : Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131718856X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book A Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Gottlob Frege written by Guillermo E. Rosado Haddock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gottlob Frege is one of the greatest logicians ever and also a philosopher of great significance. In this book Rosado Haddock offers a critical presentation of the main topics of Frege's philosophy, including, among others, his philosophy of arithmetic, his sense-referent distinction, his distinction between function and object, and his criticisms of formalism and psychologism. More than just an introduction to Frege's philosophy this book is also a highly critical and mature assessment of it as a whole in which the limitations, confusions and other weaknesses of Frege's thought are closely examined. The author is also a Husserlian scholar and this book contains valuable discussions of Husserl's neglected views and comparisons between the two great philosophers.
Author : Erich H. Rast
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793616957
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)
Download or read book Theory of Value Structure written by Erich H. Rast and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of value structure concerns the meaning of “better than” and “good,” as well as the way in which values serve as a basis for rational decision making. Drawing methodologically from economics and theories of decision making, the aim of serious axiology in metaethics is to do justice to problems that have puzzled philosophers of value for centuries. Can value comparisons be cyclic? Are all values comparable with each other and can decision makers just add up different aspects of an evaluation to determine the best course of action? A Theory of Value Structure: From Values to Decisions starts with a thorough introduction to the modeling of “better than” comparisons from a normative perspective. In the philosophical part of the book, Erich H. Rast argues that aspects of “better than” comparisons can differ qualitatively so much that one aspect may outrank another. Consequently, the classical weighted sum aggregation model fails. Values cannot always be summed up and comparisons may be fundamentally noncompensatory, an indeterminacy that explains problems like the apparent nontransitivity of “better than” and hard cases in decision making. Using a lexicographic method of value comparisons, Rast develops a multidimensional theory of “better than” and shows how and to which extent it can be combined with standard methods of decision making under uncertainty by using rank-dependent utility theory.
Author : Dan Egonsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351815067
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Exploring Practical Philosophy: From Action to Values written by Dan Egonsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 28/11/2001: The broad label ’practical philosophy’ brings together such topics as ethics and metaethics as well as philosophy of law, society, art and religion. In practical philosophy, theory of value and action is basic, and woven into our understanding of all practical and ethical reasoning. New essays from leading international philosophers illustrate that substantial results in the subdisciplines of practical philosophy require insights into its core issues: the nature of actions, persons, values and reasons. This anthology is published in honour of Ingmar Persson on his fiftieth birthday.
Author : Justin Garson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108472591
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter written by Justin Garson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible book presents a new theory of biological functions and connects it to contemporary problems in philosophy and science.
Author : John Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190098236
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Nietzsche's Values written by John Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book John Richardson argues for centering the concept of values in the study of Nietzsche's philosophical thinking. He identifies twelve of Nietzsche's key concepts, and organizes them into three sections: the first two outline how values influence human behavior and self-conception, while the third presents new values Nietzsche himself defines in response to his previous critiques. The study builds on recent scholarship in philosophy and provides one of the most up-to-date comprehensive assessments of Nietzsche.
Author : Iwao Hirose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190273356
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Value Theory written by Iwao Hirose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Value theory, or axiology, looks at what things are good or bad, how good or bad they are, and, most fundamentally, what it is for a thing to be good or bad. Questions about value and about what is valuable are important to moral philosophers, since most moral theories hold that we ought to promote the good (even if this is not the only thing we ought to do). This Handbook focuses on value theory as it pertains to ethics, broadly construed, and provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates pertaining not only to philosophy but also to other disciplines-most notably, political theory and economics. The Handbook's twenty-two newly commissioned chapters are divided into three parts. Part I: Foundations concerns fundamental and interrelated issues about the nature of value and distinctions between kinds of value. Part II: Structure concerns formal properties of value that bear on the possibilities of measuring and comparing value. Part III: Extensions, finally, considers specific topics, ranging from health to freedom, where questions of value figure prominently.
Author : John V. Canfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136767428
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the 20th Century written by John V. Canfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth century brought enormous change to subjects such as language, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology. This volume covers the major developments in these areas and more.
Author : Georg Simmel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136807322
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Money written by Georg Simmel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of twentieth century sociology that has reprinted many times and become a landmark text With its insights into the fetishisation of money and the impact of extremes of wealth and poverty, it is now seen as prophetic in a credit driven, globalised world economy Anticipates many of the insights of later theorists such as Habermas, Baudrillard and Zizek Foresess the links between money and the growth of cities and urbanisation New foreword by Charles Lemert
Author : Gilbert Harman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198238058
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Explaining Value and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy written by Gilbert Harman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this selection of Gilbert Harman's shorter writings in moral philosophy, the essays are divided into four sections, focusing on moral relativism, values and valuing, character traits and virtue ethics, and ways of explaining aspects of morality.
Author : H. Osborne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316626059
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Foundations of the Philosophy of Value written by H. Osborne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1933, this book provides a concise discussion regarding the nature of value and value theories, taking the view that an understanding of value is 'a no less necessary part of the equipment of every competent philosopher, than is epistemology'.
Author : John Canfield
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134935722
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the Twentieth Century written by John Canfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 10 of the Routledge History of Philosophy presents a historical survey of the central topics in twentieth century Anglo-American philosophy. It chronicles what has been termed the 'linguistic turn' in analytic philosophy and traces the influence the study of language has had on the main problems of philosophy. Each chapter contains an extensive bibliography of the major writings in the field. All the essays present their large and complex topics in a clear and well organised way. At the end, the reader finds a helpful Chronology of the major political, scientific and philosophical events in the Twentieth Century and an extensive Glossary of technical terms.
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Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Royal Society (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London written by Royal Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
